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Word: Dime
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French disme, from Latin decima pars ‘tenth part’. The word originally denoted a tithe or tenth part; the modern sense ‘ten-cent coin’ dates from the late 18th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a ten-cent coin.
Short Definition:ten-cent coin
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